*****Very decent album. I was actually surprised that I enjoyed this so much since I've only ever considered myself a casual U2 fan (I could go either way with their singles but they do have several amazing tracks that I absolutely love). But I haven't really liked anything since 2000 from them. It's still a real political album, not too in your face political but political nonetheless. The songwriting is good as well (besides on New York which has some weird similes that I found hard to endure).

All in all it's a fantastic album that has a number of standouts. I can see why critics love it, even though it's not really my thing. Standouts: Beautiful Day, Stuck In A Moment You Can't Get Out Of, Kite and Peace On Earth.

*****Great album with a killer selection of excellent singles and a very solid group of album tracks. The one flaw is that there are a lot of slower tracks consecutively at the tail of the album and this can make it drag on a bit; I'd have changed the tracklist up somewhat.